Fic pimpage :)

Well, I got my piece turned in on time to mini_fest. Now of course I'm all impatient for it to be up so I can see if the prompter likes it. (I just hope I got all the italic start/ends to match up. There's nothing worse than tuning in to your posted fic to see that the entire second half is all italicized...)

Now I'd like to take a moment to recommend a couple of good fics from the sshg_exchange. Both are well-plotted, readable, credible interactions, and everyone is (mostly) in character.

First is Book Club, in which new Charms teacher Hermione Granger starts a Muggle Literature Book Club at Hogwarts. She decides to start with Lord of the Rings. The author goes into wonderful detail with the discussions at the meetings, the various professors' reactions to the books (Snape's analysis of Dumbledore vs Gandalf is particularly good!). The HG/SS part is PG at best, so anyone can read without fear of suddenly encountering porn :)

The other is A Fortiori. Lucius Malfoy is accused of attacking Luna's stepmother with a Dark Curse, and he hired Hermione Granger, attorney, to represent him. She and Severus have to work together to solve the mystery. Lots of time in libraries doing research, plus a trip back to Hogwarts (yay!). There's one R-rated scene but the Epilogue is definitely explicit. You can tell where it's heading at the end of the last chapter, so if you don't want to actually go there, skip the Epilog :)

Fic pimpage II

OK, one more: Metamorphosis of Solitude. If you like urbane witty Snape with his tongue at its razor-sharpest, this is the fic for you :)